In the Deep Dive into SIA series of articles I write in-depth analysis of the Smart Investing Approach (SIA). So far we have covered the following issues: Why should excess debt be avoided in picking stocks – Deep Dive into SIA (1) Are higher dividends better than higher growth? – Deep dive into SIA (2)…
It was a shorter week last week due to a day off on Friday to celebrate the Independence Day in the USA. Here’s what was up in short: Last week -> The markets last week were slowly getting used to the rising virus cases and the marginal negtive effect of such news on the equity…
Here comes the June rebalance of the SIA-Style Pension Portfolio (PP). The rebalance PP had an appx. 10% equity allocation as of end of May 2020, which is the middle of the Contraction-eligible range for a SIA-style portfolio. As I have mentioned in a more detailed description of the current state of markets in my…
Today I am rebalancing both of the SIA-style Portfolios, as another month has passed. Let me start with the Global Leaders Portfolio (GLP) here. So, since the Inception (28th Jan 2020) the GLP has done a great job of preserving the capital during the Covid-19 extreme downturn (max monthly drawdown -1,5% vs. -14% for SP500…
Hey hey 🙂 Summer is here finally. For most of you it’s time to take your time off and rest after hard work for most of the year. But markets never sleep. I remember very well both August 2011 and 2015, when Summer became hell for most of people, as sudden developments took most off…
Smart Investors, it’s time to dig deeper into Smart Investing Approach (SIA) again! Today I analyse in details on why the portfolio of equities in the SIA-style Global Leaders Portfolio (GLP) looks as it does and why these certain equities and not other ones have found their place in the GLP at inception (and are…
Hi Smart Investors! I hope you’re doing all right. It’s been more of a quiet week really, but here’s what’s up: Last week -> The market managed to reign in the recent burst of downside volatility from Thursday the week before and from a technical perspective it defended the 200 moving average support level on…
Hello everyone! Here’s what moved the markets this week in short. Last week Equity markets stories:-> On Monday the US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) officially named February 2020 the last cycle’s peak and announced that the US economy is in recession (4 month under way now).-> Paradoxically on the very same day S&P500 turned…
Happy day all the Smart Investors out there! Today I wanted to make a quick note on how the SIA-style portfolios performed in the past. Past performance is of course not a guarrantee for the future, but if the backtesting period is long enough it can constitute a sound basis to expect similar behviour going…
Hello everyone! Bullish sentiment persists in markets into the start of June. Here’s a quick recap for you of what matters the most and drives markets currently. Last week Equity markets stories:-> The markets ignored the massive wave of social unrest in US caused by the death of George Floyd, an afroamerican killed by a policeman.…
